PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mehdi Senoussi
AU  - Pieter Verbeke
AU  - Kobe Desender
AU  - Esther De Loof
AU  - Durk Talsma
AU  - Tom Verguts
TI  - Theta oscillations shift towards optimal frequency for cognitive control
AID  - 10.1101/2020.08.30.273706
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 2020.08.30.273706
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/08/31/2020.08.30.273706.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/08/31/2020.08.30.273706.full
AB  - Cognitive control is supported by theta band (4-7Hz) neural oscillations that coordinate distant neural populations for task implementation. Task performance has been shown to depend on theta amplitude but a second critical aspect of theta oscillations, its peak frequency, has mostly been overlooked. Using modelling, behavioral and electrophysiological recordings, we show that theta oscillations adapt to task demands by shifting towards the optimal frequency.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.